Save the Date: Rural Assembly Everywhere: Nurturing Thriving Communities
We are excited to announce the upcoming Rural Assembly Everywhere 2024 event, focusing on nurturing thriving communities.
Rural Assembly is a nonprofit dedicated to championing a movement that celebrates and empowers rural people and places. Our goal is to reshape perceptions, foster healing, and forge unity in a divided nation by amplifying rural voices through advocacy, partnerships and gatherings. Learn more about our mission to connect diverse voices, challenge harmful narratives, and recognize the untold stories, opportunities, and interconnected futures that bind rural and urban communities together.
Who we are
Rural Assembly is a program of the Center for Rural Strategies dedicated to championing a movement that celebrates and empowers rural people and places. Our goal is to reshape perceptions, foster healing, and forge unity in a divided nation by amplifying rural voices through advocacy, partnerships and gatherings. Learn more about our mission to connect diverse voices, challenge harmful narratives, and recognize the untold stories, opportunities, and interconnected futures that bind rural and urban communities together.
We invite you to join us in naming the connections that unite us, shaping a future of inclusivity and shared success for all.
Rural Health Disparities: Navigating the Healthcare Landscape of our Communities
A new series from the Rural Assembly tackles the issues surrounding rural health disparities.
Rural Remix podcast
Listen to our new podcast investigating how meth went from a rural-coded chemical moonshine to an endemic drug problem present in all the nation’s major cities.
We are excited to announce the upcoming Rural Assembly Everywhere 2024 event, focusing on nurturing thriving communities.
The Rural Assembly’s Taneum Fotheringill shares insight. from story circles held in the Rio Grande Valley.
Lissette Garay is a Michelin-trained Chef specializing in traditional Mexican cooking techniques. She and her wife Cassandra Garay own La Cocina, a restaurant in Port Townsend, Wa. Lissette has been working with the Organic Seed Alliance to create a type of masa corn for tortillas that will grow in the short daylight season of the Pacific Northwest. After years of research, the Garay’s and their staff are finally planting their first crop. Their dream is to make corn tortillas for their community with the smallest possible footprint, while creating jobs for local farmers and cooks.
The Rural Assembly
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